Soapsuds and hot-water dispenser.



E. M. BURROUGHS. SOAPSUDS AND HOT WATER DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..18, 1913.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

3 I/I/I/E/VTOR WITNESSES.

A TTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN M. BURROUGHS, or nnrrnor'r, MICHIGAN.

SOAIPSUDS AND HOT-WATER DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters fatent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Application filed April 18, 1913. Serial N 0. 761,881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN M. VBURROUGHS, citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Soapsuds and Hot-Water Dispensers, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in hot water faucet without altering the plumbing or injuring the fixtures and by means of which either clear water or soap suds may be dispensed as required.

Other advantages and improvements will hereafter appear.

In the drawings accompanying this specificationz-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device attached to a hot water faucet and provided with a hose connection for leading the suds away toany point desired. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the device. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the closure cap at right angles to Fig. 2, showing in dotted lines the spigotvalve adjusted so that the water may pass through the soap cup.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings, A indicates a hot water faucet. B a suds dispensing device consisting of a on C to receive and house scraps of soap closure cap D having a screw-threaded engagement with the cup. The cup is provided with an upstanding annular neck D in which is fitteda rotatable spigot-valve E, having a port E through which clear water may be dlscharged from the faucet A without passing through the soap cup by rotating the spigot so that the port E may regis ter withthe port d in the neck D. The spigot-valve is of tapering construction, the joint being preferably ground into the upstanding neck D; that it may not leak around the spigot. -The end of the spigot;-

not shown) and a.

valve is fitted with a split washer e, one face of which bears against the wall of the upstanding neck, the other being engaged by the head of a screw e,fitted in the end of the spigot,upon adjusting which any end play may be taken'up.

D is an annular bushing adapted to slip over the end of the faucet A, and D? is a flanged nut for supporting the bushing, having a screw-threaded engagement with the upper end of the neck D. The device is suspended from the faucet A by a chain A,

one end of which is secured to an ear a, projecting from the neck D. The chain A is looped around the body of the faucet its free end being hooked over a pin a extending from the neck D on the opposite side .from the ear a.

E is a port through the spigot-valve designed to register with the discharge port d whereby hot water may pass from the faucet A into the cup C through the discharge ports d in the cap.

G 1s a rotating paddle blade supported on the stub shaft 9 suspended from the cap D.

H is a screen spaced from thebottom wall ation of the device will be readily understood.

The device is suspended from the hot water faucet by means of the chain, as indicated in Fig. 1, the rubber gasket slipping over the discharge neck of the faucet. The cup portion is then disconnected from the closure cap and] charged with scraps of soap; the cup is t ion reengaged and the hot water turned on. i

If clear hot water is desired the spigotvalve is turned so that its dischargeport registers with the port (1 as indicated in Fig.

2, in which case the clear water will pass out p without going through .the cup. vWhen soa suds are desired the spigot-valve is turne to cause the port E to register with the port d; hot water now passes into and-through the cup and upon impinging with the paddle blades G, the latter are caused to rotate thereby churning the water and forming soap suds which pass out through the discharge port C and hose I.

By the employment of this device any desired quantity of hot creamy soap suds may I claim is 2- 1. In adevice of the character described,

'a cup to receive soap, a closure cap for the cup fitted with a valve to admit Water into the cup or to discharge it outside of the cup Without passing through the cup, and a revolving paddle housed within the cup adapted to be actuated by the water passing through the cup, whereby the water may be churned within the cup while passing through it.

' 2. In a device of the character described, a cup to contain soap provided with a discharge port below, a removable closure cap having an upstanding annular neck to receive the end of a faucet, an annular gasket carried by the neck to receive the faucet whereby a water tight connection between the same may be obtained, a revolving paddle housed within the cup actuated by the water and to churn the water as it removable closure cap having an upstanding annular neck to receive the end of a faucet, an annular gasket carried by the neck to receive the faucet whereby a water tight connection between the same may be obtained, a revolving paddle housed within the cup actuated by the water and to churn the water as it passes through the cup, and a chain engaging the device adapted to be looped around the faucet to suspend it therefrom.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDlVIN M. BURROUGHS. 

